The black figure has always been a subject of entertainment in popular culture, as well as an image to sell things. In some ways, that’s how people relate to us—because they’ve seen us on television.
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Derrick Adams
- Constance Congdon by Craig Gholson
- Nan Goldin by Stephen Westfall
- Craig Coleman by Roberto Juarez & Cyn Zarco
- Elizabeth LeCompte by Linda Yablonsky
- Louis Edwards by Ameena Meer
- Social Volition by Cora Cohen
- Hal Hartley by Martin Donovan
- James White a.k.a. James Chance by Tod Wizon
- Robert Duvall by Daisy Foote
- Jane Wilson by Mimi Thompson
- P.M. Dawn by Lynn Geller & Malcolm McClaren
Interviews
- Three Poems by Bob Holman
- Boat by Gary Indiana
- All Hallows by Guy Gallo
- Six Poems by Linda Bohe
- Family Plots by Martha King
- Miss Resignation by Padgett Powell
- Four Poems by April Bernard
First Proof
- Original Collage for BOMB by Jessica Stockholder
- Peter Bellamy’s The Artist Project by Neil Printz
- Untitled by Raymond Pettibon
- Two Photographs by Bastienne Schmidt
- For Bomb by Bill Komoski
- Miami: Turistas/U Artists by Roberto Juarez & Cyn Zarco
- The Commands of Desire by Shirley Kaneda
- F between 8 and 11/5 Seconds by Maria Martinez Canas
- Citta by Maurizio Pellegrin
- Predella of Difference by Michael Young
- An Analysis of Decisions Under Uncertainty by Miyoshi Barosh
More
Raymond Pettibon, Untitled, 1988, ink on paper, 17½ × 11¼ inches. Courtesy of Feature Gallery.
Related
Sanded, ink on paper work of a figure holding onto a galloping horse, Black Slipping by Peter Drake.
Originally published in
BOMB 37,
Fall 1991
Featuring interviews with Nan Goldin, Elizabeth LeCompte, Robert Duvall, P.M. Dawn, Jane Wilson, Louis Edwards, Craig Coleman, James Chance, Hal Hartley, and Constance Congdon.
